Holding device



May 5, 1925. I

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ANDREW W. "NELSON, or rnnnnimurn. INDIANA, vassienon TO ooiluitmanmiennmne a s'mnrme co.. or "zrnnnn I-IAUTE, INDIANA, a conrona'rron orIn- DI NA HOLDING DEVICE.

Application filed November 13,1923. Serial No. 674,492.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW W. NEnsoN, citizen of t-he'United States,residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful, Improvements in Holding Devices,of which the following is a spec1fication.

My invention relates to a new and improved holding device.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a new and improvedholding de vice whereby a number of utensils or the like can beremovably held in a suitable carrier. i

Another object of my inventionis to provide a holding device whereby anumber of cooking utensils, eating utensils and the like, are firmly,but releasably, held together in a nested. condition so thatv they canbe easily stored and transported.

Another object of my invention is to provide a holding. device of thecharacter before specified, which shall be particularly convenient forautomobilists who desire to transport a large number of cooking andeatingutensils 1n relatlvely small space.

Another object of my invention is to pro-.

I forth in the followingdescription and drawings which show: a preferredembodiment thereof.

Fig; 1 isia front elevation.

Fig. 2 is atop view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a central sectional View partially in elevation. I

Fig. 4. is a plan view with theliandle of the pail held in a horizontalposition.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the holding rod orv member used as part ofthejholding device. Fig. 6 isa detail side elevation, showing the righthand side of Fig. 1.

I Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 77 of Fig. 2 and is partiallyin elevation.

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Fig. 8 is a top view of the partsshown in Fig. this a top view of theparts shown in Fig. 7. v

F ig. 10 illustrates the partsshown in Fig. 6 with the handle horizontaland the hold.

ing rod or member in the position in which Fig. 10 just before theholding rod or mem-' her is finally released.

Fig. 13 shows the parts'illustrated in Fig. 11 when the holding rod ormember has been completely released from the pail for the handlethereof. i i

- .The pail l is made of any suitable resilient metal, coated oruncoated, and it is adapted to contain anumber of utensils 11 made oisimilar material. made of any suitable resilient metal, coated oruncoated, and they are adapted to rest upon the upper utensils 11, sothat they eX- tend above thetop of thepail 1. p

The pail 1 is provided with lugs 5 and (i which are adapted to beengaged by the ends 7 and 8 of a handle 4. lhe parts above described maybe of any ordinary construction.

In order to releasably holdthe utensils 11 and. dishes 2 in place, aholding rod or member 3 made of resilient metal is provided. Thisresilient hook 3-has an arcuate end 9 and a Ueshaped end- 10. in Fig. lfor example, the ends 9 and 10 are. adapted to embrace the ends 7 and 8of the handle 4. As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 6 for example, themember extends above the lugs 5 and 6 and is located at one side of thehandle 4:, when the said handle is in the vertical position. f'lhe.U-shaped end 10 of the member 3 has the lower branch or member thereofbent so thatit serves as a latch as will be later more fully described.

The parts are so dimensioned that when they are in the position shown inFig. 1, the resilient member 3 presses upon the dishes 2 so that thedishes 2 and the uten sils 11 are firmlyheld in place. The end Asclearly shown- 7 of the handle 4 is so shaped, that when it is movedfrom' the horizontal position,

shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6 to the fullline position shown in saidFig. 6, a clownward pressure is exerted upon the end 10 oi the member 3so that the dishes 2 are locked in position. For convenience, this end 7of the member 3 may be called the cam end, as it has a cam-like actionupon the end 10 of the hook 3.

If it is desired to remove the dishes 2 and the utensils 11, the handlel is revolved into the horizontal position illustrated in Fig. 10 forexample. A downward pressure is then exerted upon the end 10 of themember This causes the member 3 to turn until end 9 assumes the positionshown in Fig. 11. This turning movement causes the crotch of the end 10to move inwardly with respect to the adjacent end 8 of the handle. Afurther downward pressure upon the end 10 as well as an inner movementthereof forces it into the position shown in Fig. 12, so that the membercan be completely released as shown in Fig. 18 to enable the dishes 2and utensils ll to be readily removed.

It is therefore obvious that the member 3 can not be released and thedishes and utensils can not slip out of position when the handle is inthe vertical position, because the member 3 is then forced downwardlyand is locked a ainst any inner nuwement. It is also obvious that whenthe handle 6 is moved to the horizontal position so as to release thepressure of its end 7 upon the member, that the dishes 2 may then heremoved, although it is preferable to first con'ipletely release the end10 of. the member It is also obvious that the end 10 may be readilysnapped into its locked position and that the angular contour oi theouter men1- ber thereof produces an action similar to that of a latch.

I have described a preterm-id embodiment of my invention, but it isclear that numerous changes and omissions could be made withoutdeparting from its spirit.

It is obvious-that the holding member 3 is con nected to the pailadjacent the lugs thereof so that one pair oi lugs are adapted toconnect both the handle and the hook to the pail.

The handle l may be considered as part of the pail for the purposes ofmy invention.

since the holding member 3 is connected to the pail after it isconnected to the handle 4-.

I claim:

1. In combination, a pail having per forated lugs, a handle connected tosaid lugs and having loop-like ends passing through the perforations insaid lugs, a holding member connected to said handle adjacent said lugs,the said holding member and said handle being of such contour that saidhandle contacts with said member when it is moved to the uprightposition to force said holding member in a direction towards the bottomof said pail, each end of said member being free from and spaced fromthe perforations in said lugs.

2.111 combination, a pail having perforated lugs, a handle for said pailhaving loop-like ends passing through said lugs, and a holding memberdirectly contacting with the ends of said handle directly adjacent saidlugs, each end of said holding member being free from and spaced "fromthe perforations in said lugs.

3.111 combination, a pail having per- :lorated lugs, a handle havingloop-like ends passing through said lugs, a holding member having itsends directly contacting with said loop-like ends, each end of saidholding member being :Eree from and spaced from the perforations in saidlugs, the contour of the ends of said holding member being such that itcan be turned when it is in the said position, one end of the saidholding member being of such contour that it can be released from theadjacent looplike end.

at. In combination, a pail having perforated lugs, a handle havingloop-like ends passing though said lugs, a holding member having itsends directly contacting with said loop-like ends, each end of saidholding member being free from and spaced from the perforations in saidlugs, one end of said holding member lla-vii'lg an arcuale contour andthe other end having an angular contour, so that said holding member canbe turned and its end of angular contour can be released ilil'OlIl theadjacent loop-like end.

I11 testimony whereof I- hereunto al'lix my signature.

ANDREIV IV. NELSON.

